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Director:
Susanna Styron
Writers (WGA):
William Styron (short story)
Susanna Styron (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
23 September 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
In 1935, 99-year-old former slave Shadrach asks to be buried on the soil where he was born to slavery... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
An excellent film about human dignity. more (21 total)

Cast

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Martin Sheen ... Narrator (voice)
John Franklin Sawyer ... Shadrach
Scott Terra ... Paul
Ginnie Randall ... Virginia
Darrell Larson ... Father
Deborah Hedwall ... Mother

Jonathan Parks Jordan ... Middle Mole
Erin Underwood ... Lucinda
Alice Rogers ... Cloris

Monica Bugajski ... Edmonia
Daniel Treat ... Little Mole

Andie MacDowell ... Trixie

Michael Ruff ... Smut

Muse Watson ... Captain
Doug Chancey ... Dock Worker
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language and brief sexuality.
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Runtime:
89 min | France:98 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Iceland:L | France:U | Spain:T | USA:PG-13
Filming Locations:
Wilmington, North Carolina, USA
Company:
Millennium Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The name Shadrach is Biblical, and comes from the Book of Daniel. Shadrach, along with Meshach and Abednego was one of the three men of God who were put into a fiery furnace, but who came out unscathed, because the Lord had protected them. They had been put in there by Nebuchadnezzer, the King of Babylon, when they refused to bow to an idol. (Daniel 3:1-29) more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: The film is set in 1935. When Paul walks into the house past his father and up the stairs (at the beginning of the film), a smoke detector is visible on the ceiling at the bottom of the stairs. more
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An excellent film about human dignity., 9 March 1999
Author: M. John Hodgson (john.hodgson@ualberta.ca) from Edmonton Canada

I knew nothing of this movie, and chose it based on its stars, whom I have enjoyed in the past. The movie was an immensely pleasant surprise. I was most taken by intrinsic goodness and respect for dignity of the obviously low class, hard cussin', hard drinkin', smelly, Dabneys. Excellent.

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